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The movie is no longer remembered fondly for a million acceptable reasons, but "American Beauty" on opening weekend in LA. The audience was in the palm of the movie's hand from end to end. There were cheers and even standing ovations *during the film*.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The movie is no longer remembered fondly for a million acceptable reasons, but "American Beauty" on opening weekend in LA. The audience was in the palm of the movie's hand from end to end. There were cheers and even standing ovations *during the film*.
@tomewing.bsky.social I'm catching up on 2025 releases and can't decide if this is that rarest of creatures: a baggy Big Thief song. What is the verdict? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypv...
Big Thief - All Night All Day (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Big Thief
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@tomewing.bsky.social I'm catching up on 2025 releases and can't decide if this is that rarest of creatures: a baggy Big Thief song. What is the verdict? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypv...
Lots of hate for the guy who made us all take our shoes off at the airport but not the people who made it so we need 2-factor identification for literally everything.
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Lots of hate for the guy who made us all take our shoes off at the airport but not the people who made it so we need 2-factor identification for literally everything.
I watch all sorts of gory and revolting horror movies just fine but I can’t watch the way people brush their teeth in movies, it grosses me out.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I watch all sorts of gory and revolting horror movies just fine but I can’t watch the way people brush their teeth in movies, it grosses me out.
Stubhub with the targeted Facebook ad- they know what I like!
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Stubhub with the targeted Facebook ad- they know what I like!
The internet's been a big part of music for 30 years but it's still odd to me when some of the "best" albums of the year have ZERO presence in the physical world, nothing you can hold, no radio play, you never hear them in the wild, they only exist on phones and laptops.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The internet's been a big part of music for 30 years but it's still odd to me when some of the "best" albums of the year have ZERO presence in the physical world, nothing you can hold, no radio play, you never hear them in the wild, they only exist on phones and laptops.
It happened to me: I Shazamed a Pearl Jam song I didn’t know and it was Silverchair.
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It happened to me: I Shazamed a Pearl Jam song I didn’t know and it was Silverchair.
Everyone's been doing a good job with these lists. Keep 'em coming.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Everyone's been doing a good job with these lists. Keep 'em coming.
Doris Troy: “Just One Look.” Sometimes you catch the song in the wild and think there’s never been a better pop song.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Doris Troy: “Just One Look.” Sometimes you catch the song in the wild and think there’s never been a better pop song.
I love Trey but only a millionaire rock star would think “who wants to reminisce about the good times of 2020? Spatchcock!” Hard pass from me.
i don’t think i’ve properly started grieving the last five years until i hit play on last night’s Beacon show
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I love Trey but only a millionaire rock star would think “who wants to reminisce about the good times of 2020? Spatchcock!” Hard pass from me.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Ryan Adams
Arcade Fire
Bill Cosby
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
Ryan Adams
Arcade Fire
Bill Cosby
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to
John Williams
JoJo
Genesis
Kenny G
a-ha
John Williams
JoJo
Genesis
Kenny G
a-ha
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Grateful Dead (1991)
Van Halen 12x
Elvis Costello 12x
Ray Charles with LA phil
Beyonce
Grateful Dead (1991)
Van Halen 12x
Elvis Costello 12x
Ray Charles with LA phil
Beyonce
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Ryan Adams
Arcade Fire
Bill Cosby
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
Ryan Adams
Arcade Fire
Bill Cosby
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
Choose your Thanksgiving warrior.
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Choose your Thanksgiving warrior.
Publications: We need to create more lists. This is what drives the most traffic to our sites.
Readers: Can you make the lists functional on mobile devices? That's what we all read your sites on.
Publications: No.
Readers: Can you make the lists functional on mobile devices? That's what we all read your sites on.
Publications: No.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Publications: We need to create more lists. This is what drives the most traffic to our sites.
Readers: Can you make the lists functional on mobile devices? That's what we all read your sites on.
Publications: No.
Readers: Can you make the lists functional on mobile devices? That's what we all read your sites on.
Publications: No.
The most streamed Bill Callahan song by far is "Jim Cain", the first song on "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle". Is it because the song is beautiful or people wanted to try him out and said "nope, not for me" after one song?
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The most streamed Bill Callahan song by far is "Jim Cain", the first song on "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle". Is it because the song is beautiful or people wanted to try him out and said "nope, not for me" after one song?
Listening to Jagged Little Pill in full for the first time in 25+ years and realizing I actually love this album. A singles-heavy album where the whole actually is greater than the sum of the parts.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Listening to Jagged Little Pill in full for the first time in 25+ years and realizing I actually love this album. A singles-heavy album where the whole actually is greater than the sum of the parts.
Seeing “Mama’s Gun” in full was part roller coaster, part religious experience, and I’ll never emotionally recover from seeing the Orange Moon, Bag Lady, Time’s A Wastin’ trio live.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Seeing “Mama’s Gun” in full was part roller coaster, part religious experience, and I’ll never emotionally recover from seeing the Orange Moon, Bag Lady, Time’s A Wastin’ trio live.
Top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. GoodFellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Mean Streets
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Age of Innocence
1. GoodFellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Mean Streets
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Age of Innocence
Top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Casino
2. Taxi Driver
3. GoodFellas
4. Raging Bull
5. The Irishman
1. Casino
2. Taxi Driver
3. GoodFellas
4. Raging Bull
5. The Irishman
It’s the GOAT’s birthday
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. GoodFellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Mean Streets
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Age of Innocence
1. GoodFellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Mean Streets
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Age of Innocence
Thing I learned today: Morrissey released a cover of "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" in 2017. open.spotify.com/track/5zC80d...
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? - Live
open.spotify.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Thing I learned today: Morrissey released a cover of "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" in 2017. open.spotify.com/track/5zC80d...
Eternal banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIao...
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Eternal banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIao...
I like Simmons fine but 2025 Klosterman popping on my phone looking like this was a legit jump scare.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I like Simmons fine but 2025 Klosterman popping on my phone looking like this was a legit jump scare.
The week of November 15 chart? Come on!
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The week of November 15 chart? Come on!
I'm grateful for a life in which books continue to change me at age 50, but adolescence:
Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," an alternative way of writing, of reading, of living. I've since read it two more times at different ages and it's given me something different each time.
Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," an alternative way of writing, of reading, of living. I've since read it two more times at different ages and it's given me something different each time.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'm grateful for a life in which books continue to change me at age 50, but adolescence:
Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," an alternative way of writing, of reading, of living. I've since read it two more times at different ages and it's given me something different each time.
Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," an alternative way of writing, of reading, of living. I've since read it two more times at different ages and it's given me something different each time.
Performative reading
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Performative reading
Reposted
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
I just had a wild experience for 2025: was next to two Boomers hearing the Lemonheads version of Mrs. Robinson for the first time and they were furious.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just had a wild experience for 2025: was next to two Boomers hearing the Lemonheads version of Mrs. Robinson for the first time and they were furious.